Update: The rocket motor landed today, March 4, 2022 Friday

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Update:

The rocket motor landed today, March 4, 2022 Friday

Space junk crashes into the moon at 5,800 mph
BY
CHRIS MORRIS
March 4, 2022 9:59 AM MST

https://fortune.com/2022/03/04/rocket-hits-moon-space-junk/

Part of a rocket, weighing three tons, is thought to have smashed into the far side of the moon at approximately 12:25 p.m. GMT (7:25 a.m. ET), moving at an expected speed of 5,800 mph. (Because of the location of the impact, it could take days or weeks to confirm with satellite images.)

Astronomers have been tracking the rogue rocket part since March 2015, but no one seems entirely certain where it originated. At one point, it was thought to be from a SpaceX rocket, then it was believed to be from a Chinese spacecraft. China has denied responsibility. But astronomer Bill Gray on his Project Pluto blog says, “We now have good evidence that it is actually 2014-065B, the booster for the Chang’e 5-T1 lunar mission,” an experimental robotic spacecraft that China sent to the moon in 2014.

While this rocket—and the dent it leaves on the moon—aren’t worrying scientists too much, it is raising awareness of the amount of debris that is orbiting Earth these days. Experts warn that that “space junk” could eventually collide with something more critical, such as a satellite that provides essential services, like cellular coverage.




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Latest warning for moonies:

Object Crashing Into The Moon IS NOT A Spacex Rocket Booster

 the object is the booster for the Chang’e 5-T1 lunar mission. It will, however, still hit the moon within a few kilometers of the predicted spot on 2022 March 4 at 12:25 UTC, within a few seconds of the predicted time

https://www.metastellar.com/2022/02/14/object-crashing-into-the-moon-is-not-a-spacex-rocket-booster/